ECE 3405 - A Conceptual Framework for the Montessori System of Education

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the Birth through Kindergarten Teacher Education Program. Corequisite: ECE 3410 and ECE 3315.
Insights into the nature of child development reveal that respect for the child’s inner teacher serves as the integrating principle for the effective education of young children. Students will learn that importance of the prepared environment as the third essential element in the teaching learning equation. They will discover that the sensitive periods are the most powerful times for learning. This Conceptual Framework undergirds the research based Montessori System of Education.